Summary: This is an international position in programme management and accountability systems in education.

About Ark’s Education Partnerships Group

Education systems the world over are failing to give disadvantaged children the learning opportunities and outcomes they need to succeed in life. Ark, a nonprofit network of publically-funded academy schools in the UK, was launched in 2006 to address this challenge by transforming failing public schools into successful, government-funded academy schools serving disadvantaged children across the country.

The Education Partnerships Group (EPG) is a non-profit business set up within Ark to help governments in low- and middle-income countries deliver quality education to all children. EPG focuses on improving services and accountability in public education systems that operate in mixed market models that include both state and non-state school providers. EPG provides policy advice, analytic and technical services, and design and implementation support to national and sub-national governments, drawing on evidence, operational research, and evaluation to inform domestic and global policy, practice, and financing. EPG’s support to countries also draws on Ark’s own experience in running high quality academies in the UK.

EPG has active and growing public-private partnership and school accountability engagements in South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, and India, and is growing a pipeline of opportunities in other countries in Africa and Asia.

The Role

EPG is looking for a highly motivated and capable candidate to lead EPG’s technical and operational work related to education accountability systems. The Head of Accountability will work across all of EPG’s country engagements, directly support governments partners and providing EPG managers with direct guidance and operational leadership related to strengthening countries’ education accountability systems.

The Head of Accountability will also serve as a programme manager in selected country engagements, ensuring high quality delivery and stakeholder management.

The right candidate will find EPG an exciting and entrepreneurial environment and see this role as an opportunity to have a positive impact on the lives of children in developing countries. This position is based in Ark’s London office with international travel (indicatively 30% - 35% time).